Am I going to look manly?????

operation_cute

ok so I just did a whole forum of how I should work out when I start lifting, which brought me to the part where I needed to find my lean body mass... online calculators say its about 140 Am I at some serious risk of looking manly after I loose all this fat?? 140 seems high to me as a girl and thats BEFORE I start lifting?? I wanted my goal weight to be around the 120's is that even possible with a starting lean body mass of 140?? :sad:

BenchPressingCats

Just remove your skeleton. Easy weight loss!

Lyadeia

No. Just no. You won't look manly.

/end thread

bartbell

Unless you produce/inject great amounts of testosterone like a man you will keep your girly figure, just leaner and harder. Muscle does weigh more than fat so the scale number could be higher but the look will be better.

FussBucket

I'll quote what I read in the New Rules of Lifting for Women: "Unless you are some extreme genetic outlier, you will not get "bulky"." Don't worry about it. Lift heavy to get lean.

Jersey_Devil

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operation_cute

Unless you produce/inject great amounts of testosterone like a man you will keep your girly figure, just leaner and harder. Muscle does weigh more than fat so the scale number could be higher but the look will be better.

Sooo this is potentially a good thing? That would mean I would need to lose less than I thought?

vjohn04

no. ..... no.

:noway:

momona808

I am always amazed about the misinformation about lifting. I lift and at last check a month ago, I gained about 5 pounds of muscle and lost 11 pound of fat. I am 148 and 5'5" which puts me at the high end of the weight chart for my height.

I wear size 6 jeans, wear size small blouses and wear size 4 shorts.

Trust me, I do not look manly. I look defined but I really doubt that anyone will tap me on the shoulder and say, "Excuse me, sir."

Muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of fat and a pound of muscle weigh 16 ounces each The difference is that a pound of fat takes up five times the amount of space as a pound of muscle.

Jersey_Devil

danamariers

If you're worried about looking like a professional female body builder (which some may say is not a feminine, not I but some say) know that it takes a BOAT LOAD OF WORK.

So if you're going to lift until failure, repeatedly, and eat like you've never eaten before and then the amount of effort you think it would take to that level... x that by 10... then possibly, over time, you would look like a "manly" body builder.

Otherwise no. Lifting will not cause your body to "man out" unless you work your buns off to get it that way

Happy lifting!

cleotherio

ok so I just did a whole forum of how I should work out when I start lifting, which brought me to the part where I needed to find my lean body mass... online calculators say its about 140 Am I at some serious risk of looking manly after I loose all this fat?? 140 seems high to me as a girl and thats BEFORE I start lifting?? I wanted my goal weight to be around the 120's is that even possible with a starting lean body mass of 140?? :sad:

How tall are you?

I'm 5'5". I fluctuate between 145 and 150. When I'm at 150, I'm "overweight" according to the BMI chart. My profile pic was from a few days ago. My lean body mass is about 112 lbs, so I could never have a goal weight of 125 and still be as fit and strong.

operation_cute

ok so I just did a whole forum of how I should work out when I start lifting, which brought me to the part where I needed to find my lean body mass... online calculators say its about 140 Am I at some serious risk of looking manly after I loose all this fat?? 140 seems high to me as a girl and thats BEFORE I start lifting?? I wanted my goal weight to be around the 120's is that even possible with a starting lean body mass of 140?? :sad:

How tall are you?

I'm 5'5". I fluctuate between 145 and 150. When I'm at 150, I'm "overweight" according to the BMI chart. My profile pic was from a few days ago. My lean body mass is about 112 lbs, so I could never have a goal weight of 125 and still be as fit and strong.

I'm 5 ft 4 and currently 209 lbs (started at 211.5 been here 3 weeks)

SoViLicious

Just remove your skeleton. Easy weight loss!

Qft

missADS1981

lifting weights will not make you look manly, trust me.

i think that the media makes women so afraid of weight lifting its awful. Do I look manly or bulky to you? I lift heavy, 4x a week minimum. I do little cardio, I am far from manly. Lifting weights wont make you manly....esp paired with a solid cardio routine and clean eating

ndj1979

stop what you are doing ...you will get bulky and go into starvation mode....

operation_cute

stop what you are doing ...you will get bulky and go into starvation mode....

??? are you being sarcastic?

megsmom2

unless youre also taking testosterone injections...no, you won't look manly.

iulia_maddie

How much do you weigh, and how tall are you? 140 pounds of lean mass might not be accurate. Even if it is, no, you won't look manly.

operation_cute

How much do you weigh, and how tall are you? 140 pounds of lean mass might not be accurate. Even if it is, no, you won't look manly.

I'm 5 ft 4 and 209 lbs

ndj1979

stop what you are doing ...you will get bulky and go into starvation mode....

??? are you being sarcastic?

ummmm yes..

seriously this is like the most beat to death thread on MFP ..

But like others have said, unless you are using steroids you will be fine...

do compound lifts, you will thank yourself six months from now..

operation_cute

stop what you are doing ...you will get bulky and go into starvation mode....

??? are you being sarcastic?

ummmm yes..

seriously this is like the most beat to death thread on MFP ..

But like others have said, unless you are using steroids you will be fine...

do compound lifts, you will thank yourself six months from now..

Well that wasn't very nice. I have not seen a single thread personally having to do with anything about lean body mass, until tonight I had never heard of it. Sorry for bothering you by posting a thread you didn't have to read.

iulia_maddie

How much do you weigh, and how tall are you? 140 pounds of lean mass might not be accurate. Even if it is, no, you won't look manly.

I'm 5 ft 4 and 209 lbs

Okay, 140 pounds of lean mass "might" be accurate. If you start strength training, eat right, and keep a small deficit you will lose mostly fat. But by the time you are done losing, even with doing everything right, you will have lost some of your muscle mass too.
I wouldn't set my goal to be 120 pounds. Set your goal to look a certain way, or even to fit in certain clothes.
You won't look manly, you don't have the testosterone for that.

ndj1979

stop what you are doing ...you will get bulky and go into starvation mode....

??? are you being sarcastic?

ummmm yes..

seriously this is like the most beat to death thread on MFP ..

But like others have said, unless you are using steroids you will be fine...

do compound lifts, you will thank yourself six months from now..

Well that wasn't very nice. I have not seen a single thread personally having to do with anything about lean body mass, until tonight I had never heard of it. Sorry for bothering you by posting a thread you didn't have to read.

click on the search button and type "will I get bulky" or "will I look like bodybuilder" or "don't want muscles" "dont want to be manly" you should get a lot of hits..

operation_cute

stop what you are doing ...you will get bulky and go into starvation mode....

??? are you being sarcastic?

ummmm yes..

seriously this is like the most beat to death thread on MFP ..

But like others have said, unless you are using steroids you will be fine...

do compound lifts, you will thank yourself six months from now..

Well that wasn't very nice. I have not seen a single thread personally having to do with anything about lean body mass, until tonight I had never heard of it. Sorry for bothering you by posting a thread you didn't have to read.

click on the search button and type "will I get bulky" or "will I look like bodybuilder" or "don't want muscles" "dont want to be manly" you should get a lot of hits..

just curious... does this winning attitude get you a lot of hits with the ladies? :grumble:

operation_cute

Thanks everyone... I just thought 140 sounded kind of high but by the sound of it, it may work out to my benefit

whierd

If you looked manly prior, then yes.

ptak1sm

No. Just no. You won't look manly.

/end thread

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meeper123

No you wont just do it you will love the results

crista_b

You won't look manly unless you try extremely hard to do so.

Check out this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/987513-lifting-is-the-most-horrible-thing-to-a-woman-since-twiggy

ETA: When you start, based on your current weight and the fact that you haven't done a lifting routine, you will probably experience "newbie gains". Don't stress when your weight stays the same or goes up a bit at the start. Just keep with the lifting and calorie counting, and you'll be fine; the number on the scale will go back down. This is my new lifting mantra:

Junken_Diraffe

No. Pic on the left-155 lbs, size 12, calorie deficit and cardio. Pic on the right-155 lbs, size 6, maintenance calories and heavy lifting.